Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:5-7 1991 Hongwen Cui and Xingping Zhang Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is as important as tomato in vegetable production in China. Cucumber is grown widely throughout the country, especially in North China, where it is the number one summer vegetable. […]
Month: July 1991
Screening of the Cucumber Germplasm Collection for Tolerance to Clomazone Herbicide
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:22-24 (article 9) 1991 J. Staub, L. Crubaugh, H. Baumgartner and H. Hopen Vegetable Crops Research, U. S. D. A. / A. R. S., Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706 and Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706 Weed competition is a major factor which limits yield in […]
Correlation of Shoot Weight with Root Galling in Cucumis spp. Inoculated with Root-knot Nematodes
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:19-21 (article 8) 1991 Todd C. Wehner, S. Alan Walters and Kenneth R. Barker Department of Horticultural Science (first and second authors) and Department of Plant Pathology (third author), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are the most important pathogen of cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.) in […]
Cucumber Disease Control in Wisconsin
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:18 (article 7) 1991 Michael Havey U. S. D. A. / A. R. S. and Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 In 1989, Wisconsin ranked fifth in the U. S. for production of cucumbers for pickling, producing 642,700 tons (8% of U.S. production) valued at $9.4 million (1990 […]
Crop Loss to 14 Diseases in Cucumber in North Carolina for 1983 to 1988
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:15-17 (article 6) 1991 Paul C. St. Amand and Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticulture Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 The North Carolina State University Department of Plant Pathology Disease loss committee issues annual state-wide reports (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) on crop loss estimates due to […]
Evaluation of Seed Yield of Pickling and Slicing Cucumbers in the Field Affected by Year and Plant Density
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:12-14 (article 5) 1991 P. Milotay and S.A. Hodosy Vegetable Crops Research Institute, 6000 Kecskemet, Hungary Experimental lines of cucumber are generally propagated in glasshouses, plastic houses or in net-covered cages. These circumstances rarely provide appropriate estimates of seed yield under field conditions. During seed production of pickling and slicing cucumbers […]
Some Relationships Among Fruit and Seed Properties in Seed-bearing Cucumbers of Different Types
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:10-11 (article 4) 1991 P. Milotay, L. Kecskemeti and I. Cserni Vegetable Crops Research Institute, 6000 Kecskemet, Hungary Seed yield in the field for new breeding lines is generally estimated by collecting random fruit samples from unit areas and measuring seed weight after processing. Fruit size and shape, and the proportion […]
Search for Sources of Resistance to a Whitefly Transmitted Yellowing Disease in Melon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:59-60 (article 22) 1991 F. Nuez, J. Esteva, C. Soria and M.L. Gomez-Guillamon Dpto. Biotecnologia. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain; Estacion Experimental “La Mayora”, Algarrobo-Costa (Malaga), Spain The principal Spanish area for greenhouse vegetable cultivation is the south-east coast. For some time, a yellowing disease has been a serious problem for […]
Screening of Domestic and Wild Cucumis melo Germplasm for Resistance to the Yellow-Stunting Disorder in the United Arab Emirates
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:56-58 (article 21) 1991 A.A. Hassan, H.H. Al-Masri, U.A. Obaji, M.S. Wafi, N.E. Quronfilah, and M.A. Al-Rays Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, U.A.E University, Al-Ain, U.A.E. and Department of Agriculture and Animal Production, Al-Ain, U.A.E Cucurbits are the most important group of vegetables grown in the U.A.E. their production has been seriously […]
Field Screening of melon cultigens for multiple race resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:55 (article 20) 1991 Timothy J. Ng and J.C. Kantzes Department of Horticulture and Botany, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA Fusarium wilt is one of the primary diseases limiting melon production in the mid-Atlantic regionsof the U.S. Although multiple races of fusarium wilt have traditionally existed in Euripe, […]